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NewsFleet cuts prompt dispute with pilot union at Swiss
Swiss has walked away from labour talks with pilot union Aeropers and terminated a collective agreement with the body amid a dispute over planned restructuring in response to the pandemic.
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Delta to block middle seats through April
Delta Air Lines has extended through the end of April its ban on selling middle seats on its flights to give customers the additional “peace of mind” that comes with fewer passengers and the perceived lower risk of getting infected with the coronavirus.
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KLM carries out first flight part-powered with sustainable synthetic fuel
KLM last month carried out a commercial passenger flight partly flown from sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, in the latest push by the Dutch sector develop alternative fuels for aviation.
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Lessors to vote on Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring plan on 10 February
Operating lessors with exposure to Malaysia Airlines will vote on the carrier’s restructuring plan on 10 February, the airline confirms to Cirium. The Malaysian airline adds that it has divided creditors into seven classes as part of its UK court-led restructuring, which involves a “revised long-term business plan”. ...
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Airline coronavirus recovery tracker: February 2021 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including international and domestic travel restrictions, traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Kenya Airways adapts 787s for cargo-only flights
Kenya Airways is removing seats on two of its Boeing 787s to increase capacity for pure freight flights.
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Lessors raise concerns over Norwegian aircraft returns
Law firms representing Norwegian’s lessors and creditors have raised concerns over the airline’s bid to repudiate 36 aircraft leases under its restructuring process.
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SkyWest asks for extension of temporary cargo reconfiguration rule
SkyWest has asked the FAA to extend a rule that allows carriers to temporarily reconfigure passenger aircraft to cargo operations, in light of the continued depressed demand in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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New Belavia chief prepares for 737 Classic withdrawal
Belarusian flag-carrier Belavia is intending to stop operations with its older-generation Boeing 737s as it looks towards taking the 737 Max. Belavia has appointed a new general director, former marketing director Igor Cherginets, to succeed long-term airline chief Anatoly Gusarov. Cherginets says the airline is planning to modernise ...
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Sunwing takes two more 737 Max from Air Lease
Lessor Air Lease has resumed deliveries of the Boeing 737 Max, having handed two of the jets to Canadian leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines.
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Breeze takes delivery of first Embraer 190
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered the first of 15 Embraer 190 jets to US start-up airline Breeze Airways.
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A380 can return and generate cash: Qantas chief
Qantas is likely to fly its Airbus A380s again, according to the Australian carrier’s chief executive Alan Joyce, particularly on routes where tight scheduling is a factor.
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Air Belgium set to enter the all-cargo market
Air Belgium is set to enter the all-cargo market with four aircraft and holds the ambition of expanding to six units by the end of the year.
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Ryanair summer fleet plans rest on 737-8200 certification
Ryanair is hoping that, following restoration of the Boeing 737 Max in Europe, certification of the specific high-density 737-8200 variant will shortly follow, allowing it to build a fleet of the jets ahead of summer. The US FAA’s flight standardisation board conducted an analysis of changes introduced for the ...
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PSA Airlines grounds ‘most’ of CRJ fleet for inspections
US regional carrier PSA Airlines has removed “most” of its fleet of MHIRJ CRJ-series regional jets from service so as to inspect nose landing-gear doors.
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Singapore Airlines to fly first redeployed SilkAir 737-800 in March
Singapore Airlines will begin operating the first of nine ex-SilkAir Boeing 737-800s from March, as it expects the integration of the latter into mainline operations to be completed by April 2022.
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Norwegian to refocus on routes with proven profitability
Norwegian plans to focus on core connections that have “historical profitability” as it transitions to becoming a conventional low-cost short-haul operator.
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Canada’s Flair Airlines to operate 13 Boeing 737 Max 8s
Canadian discount carrier Flair Airlines will lease 13 new Boeing 737 Max 8s from Miami-based private equity company 777 Partners, with deliveries starting in “early 2021”.
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ANA to retire domestic large aircraft ‘ahead of schedule’
All Nippon Airways will retire large aircraft operating domestic flights “ahead of schedule” — and cut their utilisation by half — as it discloses that domestic operations will “make up the core” of its earnings in the coming financial year, which begins on 1 April.
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Alaska takes delivery of first Boeing 737 Max
Alaska Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft as it begins to streamline its fleet, in an effort to improve overall efficiency and profitability.
